Automobile buffer attacker



' G. A. LYON. AUTOMUBILYE uFER ATTACHEH` l y APPLICATION HLEU OCT, 15. 1920.

Patented Mar. 28,1922.

y' 2% Y Qi! HUL nio@ GEORGE ALBERT LYON, OB' PiHILDELPHIA, PENNBYLVAKL AUTOMOBILE BUFFER Air'racrm'n.

Specicationof Letters .Patent Patented lMar. 28, 1922.

-Application'tiled October 15', 1920. Serial-Rio. ,417,171

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that a citizen of the United States, and resident of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have made a certain new and useful Invention Relating to Automobile Buffer Attachers, of which the following is a specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing,

This invention relates to angle bolt or aligning buffer attachers by which automobile bu'ers or bumpers or other fittings or attachments having supporting members may be secured or clamped to the apertured frame meinbersof automobiles or other vehicles. Vhen, for instance, the channel frame members of an automobile are formed with several round or other suitable frame apertures at substantially a standard distance apart, angle bolt attachers having any suitable bent over or holding ends or contact portions may be inserted into ithese apertures from the outside of the frame member and then tipped up or turned to bring laterally projecting position in which they may be retained by the aligning actionof the bolt stems and also, if desired by suitable tightening nuts on the stems, which may rigidly clamp them in projecting position on the frame members so as to more readily engage and secure the supporting members of the automobile buer or other attachment. cation which is a continuation in part o` my (wi-pending application, Serial No. 276.899, filed February 14, 1919, which has now matured into Patent 1,358,687, of November 9, 1920, relates especially to attachers ot' this general charact r in which the attachez' stems may be provided with suitable hexagonal or other spacing washers which are advantageous in spacing thc supporting member of the attachment away from the frame member when desired, also when these spacing members or washers it fairly tightly around the attacher' stems theyv can exert a` desirable aligning action in connection therewith, so as to minimize tipping after the attacher has been inserted into the frame aperture either from the outside or inside of the frame member and secured in place in connection with the attachment supporting member by any suitable t'astenug means. \Vhen, as is prefer able, these spacing members or washers their bent over vorholding ends into The invention in this appli-` f bers ofl the automobilemay the integral frame flanges 2,

have threaded engagement" with the at- I, Grenen ALBERT LYoN,

tacher stems they may be looselv connected thereto before the 'holdin end of the attacher is inserted into-rt frame aperture from the outside; and then'these spacing washers may be screwed up tightly into enement with the frame member, s as to rigidly hold the attacher stem in projecting position while the bilifer or other automogile attachment is being' put in place and i astened to the different attacher stema.'

In the accompanying drawing showi in a somewhat diagrammatic way vaious 'liiiustrative embodiments of this invention.

Fig. 1 is an elevation showing one 'type of Vattacher or angle` bolt in securing position in connection withan automobile buffer and frame member,

Fig. 2 is atop View partly in section of this arrangement. 4 y l Fig. 3 is an elevation showing 'another illustrative `arrangement of these attacher devices. Y

Fig. 4 is an enlarged transverse vie'w showing the insertion of one of these attacher bolts; and

Fig. 5 is a corresponding sectional view showing thevattachei" in securing position.

The auto nobile or other vehicle buffer or bumper xiiay Ibe of any desired form and construction, anll may have a resilientor other front portion 8 to which is secured as by the interposed loop the resilient or other supporting member 7n The frame membe of any desired channel iron or angle iron type of construction and as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2 the frame may comprise the web 1 and 3 to which the usual mud guards and splash pan 5 may be riveted or otherwise secured, and the rivets 6 may secure to the end of each othcsc frame members or goose necks the connection for the spring 4 or other part of the automobile. These frame ends may be conveniently formed with circular or other frame apertures, such as 25 shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and which may be punched or otherwise formed in the frame mem and located at suitable distances from their ends and preferably 'at a substantially uniform distance apart so that the attachment Iof automobile bu'ers and other fittings may be facilitated. The spacing of these frame apertures preferably corresponds with the distance between the adjusting slots, holes bers or other securing apertures which are formed in the supporting members of automobile buffers of various types and as shown in Figs. l and 2, the supporting member T of the butl'er may be formed with securing apertures or holes 14, although one or more of these slots may be given a perpendiru larly or obliquely inclined position as in the ease of the adjusting slot 16 in Fig. These angle bolt attachers which are preferablyv Vtermed of one piece of stitl' and strnng tempered or' cold bent steel or other suitable material are .provided with an)r suitable laterally projecting holding or contart portions such as 9. shown in Figs. 4Y and 5 and as indicated it is sometimes de sirable to form the attacher with a rela tively sharp angle adjacent its contact portion 27, so as to engage the trame member correspondingly nearer the stem. This may be produced by any suitable swaging or forging operation which may also somewhat reduce the cross section of the cent bend which facilitates the insertion of the attacher. The attacher stems 24 ot these angle bolts may be formed with any desired type of fastening device, such for instance as the screw threads indicated. In that euse the spacing or holding nuts or washers :21. which may sometimes have the concave sides 22 to ensure more definite peripheral Contact with the adjacent piti-ts may have the threaded holes 23 for cooper-- ation with ilu` thended attacher stems, and eounterbored portions 26 ot'greater or less extent are sometimes desirable. (lne `ron- Yeniernt wav `ot Vinserting the attacher is shown in Fig. 4 and the hexagonal spacing washer or nut 21 may be screwed to some extent on the end of the attacher `stem which may then he inserted into the trame aperture 25, the holding washer or nut preventing undesirable insertion into the apertore` so 4 that the attacher cannot tall through the frame aperture. Then the polygonal or other holding nut may he screwed home on the attacher stem, so to definitely and tightly hold the attacherllsn position un the frame member with itstransversely extending or holding contact portion 9 in engagement with the inside surface or portion of the frame member, thus preventin withd rawal. while the holding end is pre eral-ilyv so long as to prevent undesirable rotation of the attzuher stem during this fastening operation. ln some eases. however, the, stem of the attacher may be inserted through thifritme aperture either from the outside or .the inside ot the frame members. aud thil stem manually held while the holding nur or washer is screwed home to hold these parte on the frame. Then the supportimr member of the automobile butter or other aitruhnn'nt ma)` le put in plane owl* the }.rw-urting attacher stems 114. tol all ih por pose the securing holes or adjusting slots, such as 29 shown in Fig. 5 may be formed in the supporting members, and then any suitable fastening means such as the nuts 11 and locking washers 13. it desired, may be put in place on the projecting attacher stems so as to stroifigliv und rigidlyY hold all ot the parts on the frame member.

As is indicated in Fig. 3, the frame meinbers may in some. eases each be formed With a single trame aperture with which one of these angle bolt attachers such as 18 may roo'perate to forma definite. point of support tor the automobile butler or other attachment although of course longitudinal or angular adjusting slots or apertures in the suiiporting members of the attachment may he used to adjustably connect the same to the stein l!) ot the attacher, It is sometimes desirable to have an angular adjusting lot ,such as 1G in the supporting member which t'or this puri'iose may have a dependin seruring end 15 und in some cases it is' esir able to have cooperating therewith a hook bolt of thtI general type described in the Lyon Patent` 1,266,836 of May 21, 1918. The end 16 of such a hook bolt retainer may extend around und engage the lower frame flange il tor instance so as to strongly secure the butler supporting member thereto through the nuts or olherfastening means used on the Inojertiug` stem 20 ot' this hook holt. which ot' eourse can be longitudinally adjusted in they slot 1 .so as to insure the desired angular position of the forwardly projeetiriig parts of the buffer.

This invention has been described in C011- neetion with a number of embodiments, forms. proportions. parts, arrangements. materials. methods ot" manufacture, connection and use. to the details ot which disclosure the invention is not of Course, to be 'limited` sint-e what is claimed as new and what is desired to he serured by Letters lateut is set. torth in the appended claims:

l. lo autumohihbuttarsi. an automobile having flanged trame, members each plo vided with a plurality of spared trame aper tures. a splash pau romperating with the inner sides ot .said trame members. a butler having supporting members formed with apertures and adapted to (ro-operate with said Frame members. angle bolt attachers having laterally projecting holding endsand aligning stems extending through said traine apertures. spacing and holding wash ers threaded on said stems and positioning said supporting members away from said trame members and severing nuts on said stems to hold .said butter inemlgers in position.

L). lu automobile luitfers. an automobile having flanged trame members provided with :i rduwiiitv et :paved traine apertures.

u l-ullut nu smother-i formed Lampes` with apertures and adapted.V to co-o erate with said frame members, angle bot attachers having laterally projecting holdin ends and aligning stems extending throng i said frame apertures, Spacing and holdin washers on said stems and ositionin sai supporting members away* rom said rame members and securing means on said stems to hold said buffer members in position.

3. In attaching devices adapted for use in securing an automobile butler attachment to an automobile havin flanged frame members provided with rame apertures, a bolt attacher havin an aligning stem adapted to extend through an aperture in the attachment and haringen integral laterally bent holding end of such size as to be adapted to be inserted through one of the frame apertures from the outside of the frame member and a spacing and holding Washer threaded on the attacher stem to prevent undesirable insertion of said attacher stem into said frame apertures to position said attachment away from the cooperating frame member.

4. In attaching devices adapted for use in securing an autonl'obile bu'er attachment to an automobile having flanged -frame mem-v bers provided with traine apertures, a bolt attacher having an alignin stem adapted to extend through an. adjusting aperture in,

the attachment end having an integral laterally projecting holding Aend of suchl size as to be adapted to be inserted through one of the frame apertures from the outside of the trame member and a spacing' and holding washer threaded on the attacher stem to prevent undesirable insertion of said attacher stem into said frame apertures to po sition said attachment away from the cooperating frame member.

In attaching devices adapted for use in securing' an automobile buffer to an antonio bile having fianged frame members provided with frame apertures, a bolt attacher having an aligning stem adapted to extend through an aperture in the attachment and having an integral laterally projecting holdingl end of such size as tn bc adapted to be inserted through one of the frame apertures from the outside of the frame member and a spacing washer on the attacher stem to posi tion said attachment awaj.v from the cooperY ating frame member.

6. In attaching devices adapted for use in securing an automobile buffer attachment to an automobile having flanged frame members provided with frame apertures, a oncpiece bolt attacher having an aligning stem adapted to extend through an aperture in the attachment and having a lateraiiyv projecting holdin end adapted to be inserted through one ov the frame apertures from the outside of the frame member and a com-ave faced Spacing and holding nut threaded on the attacher stem and projecting therefrom transversely to prevent undesirahie insertion of said attacher stem into said frame apertures and to position said attachment away from the cooperating frame member.

7. In attaching` devices adapted for use in securing an automobile attachment to an automobile having tianged tranne members pro vided with frame apertures. a bolt attacher having a stem adapted to extend through an aperture in the attachment and having; a laterally projectingr holding end of such :su-4e as to be adapted to be inserted through one of the frame apertures from the outside o" the frame member and :1 spacing and hohliiu;r nut threaded on the attacher stem and no jecting therefrom transversely to prevent undesirable insertion of said attacher stom into said frame apertures and to position said attachment away from the cooper: infframe member.

8..ln attaching devices adapted for use in attaching an automobile huifer to an automobile having flanged frame members prov vided with spaced frame apertures` a one piece angle bolt attacher having a. threaded stem and :t hiterally projecting hoiding portion adapted to be inserted into said apen tures from the outside of said frame members and spacing and holdingr washers h. s ing more than three times the diameter of said stem and threaded thereon in such posh tihn as to prevent undesirable .insertion thereof into said frame members and adapt.- ed to` space the cti-oper i" portions of said buffer an'aif from said o a members GEORGE ALBERT L'Yi H.

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